Re: Socialists Back Woman in Race to Lead France
On Nov 18, 2006, at 2:52 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
It seems to me that the Right — be it within one party as in this case of the French SP; or between parties as in the case of Labour vs. Conservative in the UK, the SDP or the Left Party vs. the CDU in Germany, etc.; or between the socialist bloc and the capitalist bloc (when the former still existed) — has been on the average better at promoting and rallying behind female leaders.
That makes sense - it follows the old Nixon in China rule. Since
women generally vote to the left of men, having a woman as a standard-
bearer for a right-wing agenda makes her a more palatable candidate
(esp when she’s as palatable as Segolene).
Doug